{"product_id":"parallax-paperback-1","title":"Parallax - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSinéad Morrissey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSin ad Morrissey is one of the most fascinating talents in international poetry. Recently appointed Belfast's first poet laureate, she creates poems known for their combination of keen intelligence and whispered intimacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eParallax\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2013 T. S. Eliot Prize, Morrissey writes of what is captured, and what is lost, when houses and cityscapes, servants and saboteurs (the different people who lived in sepia), are arrested in time by photography (or poetry), subjected to the authority of a particular perspective. Assured and disquieting, Morrisey's poems explore the paradoxes that result when we attempt to freeze our passing experience through art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eParallax \u003c\/i\u003ealso includes a selection of poems from Morrisey's previous collections, published for the first time in the United States. In their variety of subjects and styles they trace the evolution of a poet, showcasing the formal mastery and tenderness that define her work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinéad Morrissey\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1972 and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the author of five poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eThere Was Fire in Vancouver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetween Here and There\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe State of the Prisons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Square Window\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParallax\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of the 2013 T. S. Eliot Prize, the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and first place in the 2007 UK National Poetry Competition. She teaches creative writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queen's University, Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134135865479,"sku":"9780374536138","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d16b3f20cc68c22b0f56e4185f2ec5e7.webp?v=1732639365","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/parallax-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}